Friday, January 17, 2014

As you can see from the library chalk wall, it's awards season in the library! We're anxiously awaiting the announcement of this year's Newbery Award winner, Caldecott Award winner, and Bluebonnet Award winner! In the mean time, we've been making taking a good look at some past Caldecott winners.

To start off our Cladecott exploration, we've been looking very closely at the artwork in Saint George and the Dragon. After looking at an image closely and listing all of the details we can see, we then share what we think is happening in the picture based on the details we notice. After practicing this See and Think exercise as a class, students have then been looking at images from other past Caldecott winners and writing down what they notice and think about each image.

Paul, counting animals in Noah's Ark

Jason is thinking about what the man on the high wire might be up to in The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.

Jade notices lots of cars and buildings in The Little House.

Samantha is making inferences about why an explorer is sitting atop a dollhouse in Jumanji.

Annie peruses Rapunzel.

Mason wonders what it would be like to have Rabbit (from My Friend Rabbit) as a friend!

Layton and Seth take a closer look at some Caldecott winners.

Gabriella and Louise share the details they notice in their Caldecott winners.